[xmonad] my proposal for a Xinerama safe PerWorkspace

[Brent Yorgey]

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Don Stewart <dons at galois.com> wrote:

> byorgey:
> >    What's the current status on this?  Don? Spencer?
>
> Currently Spencer's out of action, and expressed some doubts, which is
> making it hard to reach a consensus here.
>
> >    Summary so far:
> >
> >      * Andrea's patch moves runLayout into the LayoutClass, changing the
> >    signature slightly so that layouts receive all possible information.
> >      * This would necessitate updating all *users* of LayoutClass to use
> >    runLayout instead of doLayout/emptyLayout.  The patches for these
> changes
> >    are already available.
> >      * New instances of LayoutClass can choose whether to implement
> >    runLayout, doLayout, or pureLayout, and so on.  Existing instances of
> >    LayoutClass will not be affected (except those that are also users of
> it,
> >    e.g. LayoutModifier).
> >      * This provides a nice solution (IMO the best) for PerWorkspace.
>
> >      Also:
> >
> >      * If this patch is applied to the core, I am willing to take
> >    responsibility for making sure the contrib library is updated
> >    appropriately, and that thorough documentation is made available to
> guide
> >    those wishing to understand the architecture of the LayoutClass.
> >      * David and I think this is elegant and should be applied.  (See
> David's
> >    prior e-mail for an excellent discussion of some of the issues
> involved.)
> >      * Spencer has voiced discomfort with the style of this change to
> the
> >    API.
> >      * Don has not expressed an opinion one way or the other.
>
> I'm happy if Brent and David are on this one.
>
> >    It would be nice if a decision could be reached on this one way or
> the
> >    other, so we can move ahead with PerWorkspace and other things.  I'm
> not
> >    trying to be pushy, just trying to spur things forward in a friendly
> way.
>
> As Spencer only expressed doubt here, and I'm persuaded by Brent's
> arguments (and his offering to champion them), let's proceed.
>

OK, I am currently preparing a bundle of patches to update the core and
contrib all at once.  I'll send them out once I'm done (probably Monday).

-Brent
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